Chennai: TVK MLA M.V. Karuppiah, appointed as Protem Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Sunday. He will administer the oath of the newly elected MLAs in the House on Monday. He was elected from as MLA from Cholavandan constituency. He hails from Vavidamaruthur village near Alanganallur in Madurai district.

A veteran politician, he had been associated with the AIADMK since 1980 and held several organisational responsibilities, including serving as secretary of a fishermen’s union. He first entered the Assembly in 2011 after contesting from the Cholavandan constituency as an AIADMK candidate and winning by a margin of more than 36,000 votes. However, he was denied a party ticket in both the 2016 and 2021 Assembly elections.
The appointment comes after TVK President Vijay assumed office as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. The party subsequently formed the Government with the support of the Congress, VCK, CPI, CPI(M), and the IUML, bringing an end to decades of political dominance by the DMK and AIADMK in the state.

Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar administered the oath of office and secrecy to Vijay at a grand ceremony held at the Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai on Sunday morning. Nine Ministers were also sworn in alongside him as members of the new Cabinet.